Stieglitz

German
Stieglitz

Etymology

From Middle High German stigliz, stigeliz, stiglitze, stigelitze, from Old Czech stehlec (now Czech stehlík, Slovak stehlík), cognate to Polish szczygieł, Ukrainian щи́голь (ščýholʹ), Russian щего́л (ščegól) for the same bird, ultimately a Late Common Slavic onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈʃtiːɡ.lɪt͡s]
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Noun

Stieglitz m (genitive Stieglitzes, plural Stieglitze)

  1. European goldfinch

Declension
Declension of Stieglitz
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Stieglitz die Stieglitze
genitive eines des Stieglitzes der Stieglitze
dative einem dem Stieglitz,
Stieglitze1		 den Stieglitzen
accusative einen den Stieglitz die Stieglitze
1Now uncommon, see notes

Descendants

References
  • “Stieglitz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Stieglitz in Duden online
  • Matzenauer, Antonín (1870) Cizí slova ve slovanských řečech [Foreign words in Slavic languages] (in Czech), Brno: Matica Moravská, page 82
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